Sep 20, 2023
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TONGUES
(Denmark)
Awake In The Macrocosm
— Psychedelic hypnotic and melodic
instrumentation blended into death, creating drama and depth into
an epic atmospheric. Balance of lovely yet disturbing.
9:19-14:52
BLOOD OATH
(Chile)
Sanctuary of Souls
— More psychedelic moodiness in a
blustery pace, guitars stark and grim and angular melodic
loveliness with earthy, shadowy vocals.
15:18-25:53
CHOROSIA
(Vienna)
Stray Dogs
— Chugging groove with glorious
intricate guitars in a complex progressive sludge mix. Huge
instrumentals.
26:41-31:13
FABRICANT
(Berkeley)
Borderland Vigil
— Let’s all marry prog.
Fabricant's debut album included technical prowess in
extremely strange and wonderful structures, but completely
comprehensible. Still for the nerds.
31:47-37:10
WEALD AND WOE
(ID)
Fire, Steel and Flesh
— Build up from organic instrumentals
to ferocious whirlpools of hypnotic guitar and a cold, high-pitched
vocalist in a melodic black metal.
37:43-45:27
ALKALOID
(Germany)
Qliphosis
— Opeth and Tool in the 70s built a
time machine to a hundred years in the future.
46:01-50:58
EAVE (CT)
Chance is a Spectre
— Connecticut vivid, romantic black
metal with vocals that amplify the emotional intensity.
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TOMB MOLD
(Toronto)
Will of Whispers
— Thrash, prog and melodic death with
guitars that harmonize into earworm. An epic production for a
celebratory worshipful death. It deserves all the
hype.